Deep inside the Port of Baltimore, past stacks of shipping containers and a plant that makes wallboard, sits the world's first, and only, nuclear-powered cruise ship – the NS Savannah.

The NS Savannah has never sailed again. In the 80s and 90s it was berthed at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in South Carolina, before being put into storage. Decommissioning of the ...

1962: NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, completes its maiden voyage. In a world terrified by the prospect of nuclear war, the Savannah was meant to demonstrate ...

More than 500 feet long, the gleaming NS Savannah could hold a science or history ... including the wine rack shaped like the periodic table and the abstract art - could be home to a fabulous ...

EnergySolutions and Radiation Safety & Control Services will form a joint venture to decommission the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah. The work will involve removing the ...

The SAVANNAH's reactor is moderated and cooled by light water at 1,750 psia. It is fueled with uranium oxide (UO2) of about 4.4 percent enrichment in uranium 235, clad in stainless steel rods.

MARCH 23, 1962: The world’s first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship was launched on this day in 1962. NS Savannah, a U.S. government-owned vessel conceived as an “Atoms for Peace” ambassador, was ...

AUGUST 20, 1962: The world’s first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship made her maiden voyage on this day in 1962. NS Savannah, a U.S. government-owned vessel conceived as an “Atoms for Peace” ...